Motorola Corporation

Joseph Michels

Dave A Draggon

The user interface disclosed in the present disclosure allows the user to 'tune' to a 'content' station just like he is accustomed to tuning to a radio station. The channel band GUI presents various content or feature bands as rotating belts of icons with each icon representing a channel on the band. The use of graphical belts enables a dynamic number of channels per band and the dynamic number of bands. The graphical presentation of the bands includes the presentation of sub-band &ldquo;visual hints&rdquo; as a user highlights a channel on a given band. Provided that there is sufficient room on the display, a super-band visual hint can be used to indicate to the user that the current band is a sub-band. The user tunes to a channel by rotating a dial and selecting a channel from the band. A channel can be &lsquo;fine tuned&rsquo; by rotating the dial within the channel &lsquo;band&rsquo; and making a selection that presents a sub-band for that channel.

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Scottsdale, AZ, United States of America

Joseph Michels